Who Let Him Play Yu-Gi-Oh! novel Chapter 779

Chapter 779: Chapter 779: Reunion with an Old Foe (Bonus)

Toon Kingdom, activate!

A massive book appeared on Pegasus’s field and flipped open with a flutter. A tiny cartoon castle popped out from the pages, torches lit on either side of the gate, and red pennants fluttered atop the tower.

"To activate Toon Kingdom, I must banish the top five cards of my Deck face-down." (Anime effect)

Pegasus calmly drew the top five cards from his Deck.

"I banish the top five cards of my Deck."

"Toon... Kingdom?"

Joey felt a twinge of unease and focused.

Pegasus claimed to be retired, but clearly hadn’t been idle. He was sure Pegasus didn’t have this card back in the day.

Joey knew Pegasus used "Toon" cards—Pegasus, the father of Duel Monsters, had printed himself an exclusive deck, one of a kind in the world. The monsters were all cute, mischievous caricatures.

But back then the key card of the Toon series was the Continuous Spell "Toon World."

All Toon monsters depended on Toon World being on the field to exist. Joey had never heard of "Toon Kingdom" back then.

Toon Kingdom first appeared when Pegasus reappeared in GX. It didn’t get printed right away; only the contemporary video game "Tag Force" featured it.

In Tag Force, Toon Kingdom matched the anime effect exactly and was a Continuous Spell. When it was finally printed in real life, it became a Field Spell with some tweaks.

Compared to the anime, the printed card added protection—"Toon monsters you control cannot be targeted by your opponent’s card effects"—which was overall a buff.

"Be careful, Joey Boy," Pegasus smiled. "My Toons come out guns blazing.

I Normal Summon ’Mystical Elf’!"

A blue-skinned, blond-haired elf-like caster appeared, hands clasped as if in prayer.

[Mystical Elf, ATK 800]

"Then I activate the Quick-Play Spell ’Magical Dimension’!" Pegasus said. "I can activate this only while I control a Spellcaster-type monster.

I tribute one monster I control and Special Summon a Spellcaster-type monster from my hand!"

He pointed at the newly summoned mage.

"I tribute ’Mystical Elf’ and Special Summon from my hand a Spellcaster—"

Pegasus beamed and flashed a card.

"Come forth, my cutest Toon monster—

—Toon Dark Magician Girl, Summon!"

Toon Kingdom’s giant book snapped shut, then whooshed open again. A petite magical girl flipped gracefully through the air, landing light as a feather—fair legs in round-toed boots, a pretty, youthful face, and an impish gleam in her eyes.

[Toon Dark Magician Girl, ATK 2000]

"Toon Dark Magician Girl?"

Joey stared at the chibi Dark Magician Girl that popped out.

"You bastard—you even tooned Yugi’s Dark Magician Girl..."

Back then, Pegasus loved turning others’ ace monsters into his own Toons: Kaiba’s Blue-Eyes became Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon, Yugi’s Dark Magician became Toon Dark Magician, even Toon Summoned Skull, and so on...

But Joey remembered there wasn’t a Toon Dark Magician Girl back in Duelist Kingdom—Yugi hadn’t even summoned DMG yet; she debuted in Battle City.

"Indeed. See? Isn’t this version much cuter?"

Pegasus gestured proudly at his chibi DMG.

"No way! The original is obviously cuter!" Joey retorted righteously.

"Tsk tsk."

Pegasus shook his head.

"You really don’t appreciate art. My Toons are cuter in every way. You can feel her power with your body."

He swept his hand.

"Magical Dimension’s follow-up effect isn’t over!

After Special Summoning a Spellcaster with this effect, destroy one monster your opponent controls!"

Pegasus pointed at Joey’s field and sneered.

VERIFYCAPTCHA_LABELVerify